The Rolling Stones bring in their own trees but no butterflies this time... as they prepare for return to London's Hyde Park

The Rolling Stones have transformed Hyde Park in London with fake trees to make it look like it did in 1969 – but this time singer Mick Jagger won’t be releasing any butterflies.

The 1969 gig was staged in the park in front of 500,000 people just two days after guitarist Brian Jones’ death and Jagger grabbed the crowd’s attention by wearing a white dress and releasing 2,000 white cabbage butterflies into the audience.

While Jagger may have got away with the dress he admitted the butterflies stunt didn’t work and there will be no repeat this weekend at their highly anticipated Barclaycard British Summer Time show.

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Gathering no moss: The Rolling Stones' stage set for Hyde Park this weekend features two giant oak trees

The swinging sixties: Mick Jagger in his white dress and the Rolling Stones rock Hyde Park back in 1969

He said the stunt: ‘didn't go down very well last time. I think we got a lot of complaints from the park because they didn't know we were going to do it and they were, of course, the wrong kind of butterflies and they went on to eat the wrong kinds of... Anyway they weren't happy.’

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Jagger insisted that he can still fit into the white dress: 'I can still just about get into the zippers. I'm not really worried about that area.'

While the butterflies won’t make an appearance the box they came in will – Jagger revealed he will use it to determine the Stones’ setlist.

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As time goes by: The Rolling Stones pictured in 1969 before their Hyde Park concert.

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Jagger confirmed that the songs the Stones will play will be the same from the 1969 gig – unlike at Glastonbury last weekend when they mixed up their old classics with some more recent songs.

The singer told Absolute Radio's Pete Mitchell: ‘Obviously the same set list is going to be used, it saves me having to think. The songs might be played in a slightly different order.

'I'll put them in the butterfly boxes and then throw them in there cut out and then shake them and then see what comes out and in what order.’

The setlist in 1969 included Jumpin' Jack Flash, Midnight Rambler, (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction, Honky Tonk Women, Street Fighting Man, and an 18-minute version of Sympathy for the Devil.

The band have shipped in a small forest of trees, including two giant mock oak trees either side of the stage, to recreate the view Jagger had at the gig in 1969.

Hyde Park looks very different now after several bad storms ripped up trees in the 1980s.

'The band wanted the same vibe this weekend so they have constructed a stage set which recreates some of the greenery.

The
two giant fake oak trees flank the stage, and are 70ft high. Around
10,000 branches have been attached to make it look as authentic as
possible.

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‘When Mick and the band looked out from the stage back in the Sixties all they could see was a sea of people and a load of trees, but many of those have been cleared or replanted since,’ a source has told The Sun.

‘So they want to recreate the woodland. As you can see from the pictures, the two oak trees either side are absolutely massive. They want it to look as authentic as possible.’

The 1969 gig saw guitarist Mick Taylor’s live debut with the band as Jones’ replacement, and he may play Hyde Park again – he made a guest appearance with the Stones at Glastonbury last weekend, and Jagger insisted he take a bow with the other four full-time members of the band.

The Rolling Stones will appear at Hyde Park on July 6th as part of Barclaycard's British Summer Time, Bon Jovi kick off the event on Friday July 5th